Well, that is a wrap.
It’s been a gruelling few months of UEFA Champions League motion – probably method an excessive amount of of factor for many people – however the group levels are lastly full.
The traditional suspects are by in Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, whereas another huge hitters have been knocked out of the match on the very first hurdle (this is taking a look at you Juventus and Barcelona).
Here’s a fast take a look at the destiny of each staff within the 2022/23 UEFA Champions League group levels:
1) SSC Napoli
2) Liverpool
3) Ajax
4) Rangers
Napoli have been the feel-good story of the Champions League group levels, dazzling followers with the sheer quantity of objectives they scored – 20 in simply six video games.
Liverpool completed with 15 factors – degree with Napoli however with a worse head-to-head document – and will likely be quietly happy with their progress in Europe regardless of their disastrous begin to their home season.
Ajax clearly dropped into the Europa League as a result of they have been clearly the third finest staff on this group.
Rangers now maintain the document for the worst staff to ever play the UEFA Champions League having misplaced all six video games, conceded 20, and scored two.
1) Porto
2) Club Brugge
3) Bayer Leverkusen
4) Atletico Madrid
Atletico Madrid dropped out of European competitors altogether regardless of being handed, on paper not less than, a fairly form group stage draw.
And shoutout to Club Brugge for being a fairytale of a f**kin’ soccer staff within the Champions League this season. Great stuff.
1) Bayern Munich
2) Inter
3) Barcelona
4) Viktoria Plzen
FC Hollywood lived as much as their nickname huge time by successful each single considered one of their group video games – the one staff within the competitors to take action.
The actual story of the Group C nonetheless was Barcelona who, regardless of spending roughly a trillion euros on gamers in the summertime, nonetheless managed to drop into the Europa League for a second consecutive season.
1) Tottenham Hotspur
2) Eintracht Frankfurt
3) Sporting CP
4) Marseille
The tightest group of all was, as anticipated, determined by a final minute objective. That objective can be scored by Tottenham, who topped the standings after gameweek six.
1) Chelsea
2) Milan
3) RB Salzburg
4) Dinamo Zagreb
Hands up in the event you guessed that Group E would end this fashion. That’s proper, everybody put your arms up as a result of it was extremely apparent how this group would pan out.
1) Real Madrid
2) RB Leipzig
3) Shakhtar Donetsk
4) Celtic
The Champions League holders cruised by to the spherical of 16 with a recreation to spare.
Celtic, alternatively, can take some solace in not less than not being as unhealthy as Rangers.
1) Man City
2) Borussia Dortmund
3) Sevilla
4) Copenhagen
Of course Manchester City gained their group and remained unbeaten all through.
And, sure, after all Sevilla will win the Europa League regardless of being a moderately horrible staff this 12 months.
1) Benfica
2) PSG
3) Juventus
4) Maccabi Haifa
Yep, you learn that proper.
Benfica topped Group H forward of Kylian Mbappe, Neymar and Lionel Messi’s Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus (possibly the Juventus half is not that spectacular).
Despite PSG successful their ultimate group recreation 2-1, Benfica’s unbelievable 6-1 win over Maccabi Haifa in Isreal ensured that the Portuguese facet topped the the group on objectives scored away from residence.
Yep, objectives scored away from residence.
Truly what the Champions League is all about.